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SEC Announces Agenda and Panellists for Roundtable on Money Market Funds and Systemic Risk
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the panellists and final agenda for the Money Market Funds and Systemic Risk Roundtable to be held 10 May. The roundtable will address the potential for money market funds to pose a systemic risk to broader financial markets – what makes money market funds vulnerable to runs and…
Omgeo Launches Hedge Fund Operations Forum
Omgeo, the global standard for post-trade efficiency, announced today that it has launched the Hedge Fund Operations Forum (HOF), an industry peer group for UK-based hedge fund operations professionals. Members of the HOF will meet on a quarterly basis to exchange ideas and knowledge of operational best practice implementation that goes beyond current regulatory requirements….
Thomson Reuters Expands Fixed Income Valuation Offering with New CLO Pricing Capability
Thomson Reuters announced today the launch of a new Collateralised Loan Obligation (CLO) evaluated pricing service, delivered via DataScope Select, its strategic distribution platform for non-streaming global content and pricing. This new pricing capability will provide end-of-day valuations for global cash CLOs, including both broadly syndicated and middle market deals, and give investors greater transparency…
Dow Jones Adds Apple iPad Channel to Investment Banker Data Service
Dow Jones has added an Apple iPad app to the Dow Jones Investment Banker (DJIB) suite and says it will create apps for more tablet devices as they emerge. The app is free to download from the iPad app store, but users must be registered for DJIB. Dow Jones introduced the web-based information service dedicated…
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing Appoints James Slater as Global Head of Securities Lending
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, the global leader in investment servicing, has announced that James Slater will become global head of securities lending following the retirement of Kathy Rulong on 1 July 2011. Slater was formerly chief operating officer for BNY Mellon’s securities lending business with responsibility for providing strategic direction for core functions, including trading…
Hudson Bay Capital’s Black Discusses Bloomberg Vault Implementation, Cost Saving Benefits of Cloud-Based Data Storage
The expanded registration requirements under Dodd Frank for firms that once fell under exemptions have resulted in many more firms being compelled to invest in data storage solutions in order to ease the data retrieval process and keep costs down. One such firm is buy side firm Hudson Bay Capital Management, which has recently rolled out…
Pentagon Announces Accredited Status with Cadis
Pentagon Consulting, the project implementation and change management experts, today announced its accreditation as a partner with Cadis, the global EDM specialist. With Cadis Centre of Excellence graduates already in place, Pentagon has a number of project implementations already under its belt. “Pentagon has followed the growth of Cadis over the past two years and…
BNP Paribas Appoints Stephen Hale as Senior Relationship Manager for Hedge Funds in London
BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking announces today the appointment of Stephen Hale, as head of hedge fund relationship management Europe, further strengthening the bank’s European coverage of hedge funds. Stephen joined the Investor Relationship Management team in London at the end of April and reports to Stefano Blotto, head of Investor Relationship Management team…
SIX Telekurs White Paper: Transparency in Evaluated Pricing
In an effort to help bring clarity and understanding about transparency in evaluated pricing, SIX Telekurs is pleased to announce the release of a new white paper that describes our thoughts and practices. The paper will be discussed publicly for the first time in a workshop at the upcoming A-Team “Data Management for Risk, Analytics…
CFTC and SEC Describe Data Focused Investment Plans for 2012, CFTC Establishes Data Standardisation Subcommittee
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have once again testified before the Senate regarding requests for an increase in their budgets for next year, including US$66 million earmarked by the CFTC for technology and US$78 million for the same on the part of the SEC. During his testimony,…